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+# usbmud
+
+## About
+
+A socket daemon to multiplex connections from and to iOS devices.
+
+## Background
+
+usbmuxd stands for "USB multiplexing daemon". This daemon is in charge of
+multiplexing connections over USB to an iOS device. To users, it means
+you can sync your music, contacts, photos, etc. over USB. To developers, it
+means you can connect to any listening localhost socket on the device. usbmuxd
+is not used for tethering data transfer which uses a dedicated USB interface as
+a virtual network device. Multiple connections to different TCP ports can happen
+in parallel. The higher-level layers are handled by libimobiledevice.
+
+When usbmuxd is running (normally started, or stopped as a result of "udev"
+auto-insertion messages or by systemd) it provides a socket interface in
+"/var/run/usbmuxd" that is designed to be compatible with the socket interface
+that is provided on Mac OS X.
+
+You should also create a "usbmux" user that has access to USB devices on your
+system. Alternatively, you can pass a different username using the -U argument.
+
+Due to iOS 7 the daemon now also manages pairing records with iOS devices and
+the host in "/var/lib/lockdown" (Linux) or "/var/db/lockdown" (Mac OS X).
+Ensure proper permissions are setup for the daemon to access the directory.
+
+## Requirements
+
+Development Packages of:
+* libimobiledevice
+* libplist
+* libusb
+
+Software:
+  make
+  autoheader
+  automake
+  autoconf
+  libtool
+  pkg-config
+  gcc
+  udev (Linux only)
+
+Optional:
+  systemd (Linux only)
+
+## Installation
+
+To compile run:
+
+```bash
+./autogen.sh
+make
+sudo make install
+```
+
+The daemon is automatically started by udev or systemd depending on what you
+have configured it on hotplug of an iOS device and exits if the last device
+was unplugged.
+
+For debugging purposes it is helpful to start usbmuxd using the foreground '-f'
+argument and enable verbose mode '-v' to get suitable logs.
+
+## Who/What/Where?
+
+* Home: http://www.libimobiledevice.org/
+* Code: `git clone http://git.libimobiledevice.org/usbmuxd.git`
+* Code (Mirror): `git clone https://github.com/libimobiledevice/usbmuxd.git`
+* Tickets: http://github.com/libimobiledevice/usbmuxd/issues
+* Mailing List: http://lists.libimobiledevice.org/mailman/listinfo/libimobiledevice-devel
+* IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net#libimobiledevice
+* Twitter: https://twitter.com/libimobiledev
+
+## Credits
+
+The first usbmuxd daemon implementation was authored by Hector Martin.
+
+Apple, iPhone, iPod, and iPod Touch are trademarks of Apple Inc.
+libimobiledevice is an independent software library and has not been
+authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Apple Inc.
+
+README Updated on: 2015-12-13